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Amy Rubin
Exploring the Magical Process of Creating Music
Mozart wrote many symphonies in his head while playing billiards. Gershwin’s pen could barely keep pace with the flow of his improvisations. Stravinsky said that a composer’s best friend is the eraser. The creative process is exciting, magical and mysterious. Join composer and pianist Amy Rubin for an exploration of the creative process through a dynamic, interactive concert, culminating in a group-directed improvisation with Rubin at the piano. Audience members will choose the initial theme, dramatic design of the piece and the processes that Rubin will employ to shape an improvisation from beginning to end. The conversation will conclude with a group discussion and critique. Many will leave this group performance with an awakened sense of creativity.
About Amy Rubin Composer and pianist Amy Rubin has been presenting concerts and lectures throughout the United States, Europe, Ghana and the Dominican Republic for more than 25 years in venues as diverse as Benaroya Hall, New York’s Lincoln Center and the American Embassy in Ghana. She has been a full-time professor at a number of colleges, including the Cornish College of the Arts. As a Senior Fulbright Scholar in Ghana, she researched rhythmic systems and produced the country’s first Festival of Ghanaian Music. At Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, she created a festival called Close Encounters With Music Around the World. Rubin has recorded several CDs of original work, including albums featuring Egberto Gismonti of Brazil and Argentina’s Astor Piazzolla.
Rubin currently lives in Kenmore.
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